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Visually distinctive indicators to detect grouping errors

  • US 10,089,593 B1
  • Filed: 12/17/2013
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • one or more computing devices configured to implement a control system configured to;

    for each of a plurality of input containers;

    determine a grouping for the input container;

    determine a visually distinctive indicator for the determined grouping, wherein the determined visually distinctive indicator is visually distinctive from one or more other visually distinctive indicators for one or more other groupings; and

    subsequent to said determine the visually distinctive indicator, send an instruction to apply the determined visually distinctive indicator to the input container; and

    a visual indicator applicator configured to receive the instruction to apply the determined visually distinctive indicator and, in response, to cause the determined visually distinctive indicator to be applied to the respective input container;

    wherein the control system is further configured to;

    direct the input container to a grouping container for the grouping; and

    instruct a visual verification of the grouping container based at least in part on the visually distinctive indicator for the grouping for the input container, wherein one or more input containers without the determined visually distinctive indicator are readily visually distinguishable from input containers of the grouping having the determined visually distinctive indicator.

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